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独 (獨) dú

dú adjective alone; independent; single; sole
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 独 is used in this sense as an adjective and as an adverb in Literary Chinese (Guoyu '獨' adj; Kroll 2015 '獨' 1; NCCED '独' 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 133; Unihan '獨'). For example, 孟子獨不與驩言 'There is only Mencius who does not speak to me ...' (Mengzi: 8.27/43/27, translation by Legge)
dú adverb to be independent
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 专断 (Guoyu '獨' adv 4; Kroll 2015 '獨' 3; NCCED '独' 3)
dú noun an elderly person without children
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '獨' n; Kroll 2015 '獨' 1b; NCCED '独' 2)
dú adverb only
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 只 (Guoyu '獨' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '獨' 4; NCCED '独' 4)
dú adverb uniquely
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 2; NCCED '独' 5)
dú adjective intolerant
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '独' 6)
dú adverb lonely
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 1a)
dú adverb yet; still
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 偏偏 (Guoyu '獨' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '獨' 5)
dú adverb especially
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 6)
dú particle particle suggesting disbelief
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 7)
dú noun doucs; douc langurs
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A kind of old world monkey in the genus Pygathrix (Kroll 2015 '獨' 8)
dú adjective alone; eka
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: eka, Japanese: doku, or: toku (BCSD '獨', p. 817; MW 'eka'; SH '獨', p. 448; Unihan '獨')

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慎独(慎獨) to preserve a proper behavior in private life ; Cautious When Alone
三界独尊(三界獨尊) in the three realms only he is worthy of honor
虚空独常(虛空獨常) empty space itself is eternal
如来独证自誓三昧经(如來獨證自誓三昧經) Rulai Du Zheng Zi Shi Sanmei Jing
天台通玄寺独朗禅师语录(天台通玄寺獨朗禪師語錄) Quotations from Tiantai Tongxuan Temple Chan Master Dulang
独柯多(獨柯多) wrongdoing; misdeed; minor misdeed; duṣkṛta; dukkaṭa
七俱胝独部法(七俱胝獨部法) Goddess of Seven Koti Ritual; Qi Juzhi Du Bu Fa
独觉乘者(獨覺乘者) Pratyeka-Buddha; Pratyekabuddha
独坐大雄峯(獨坐大雄峯) to sit alone on a great mountain
丹霄独步(丹霄獨步) to walk alone under a red sky
独尊(獨尊) the uniquely honored one

Also contained in

独居、无独有偶、站独房、独奏、独立门户、独属、非独立、独立战争、戛戛独造、独领风骚、独持异议、独断独行、独处、独岛、独步、独特、独到、独木舟、独木不成林、独当一面、特立独行、独体、独创性、不独、独一无二、独断、独有、独个、独步天下、独木桥、金鸡独立、独占、独占鳌头、独酌、港独、独自、独居石、独立、独迈、独木难成林

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Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 42
Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 40
Scroll 2 Fo Shuo Wushang Yi Jing 佛說無上依經 — count: 34
Scroll 44 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 33
Scroll 17 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 31 , has English translation , has parallel version
Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 31
Scroll 1 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 29
Scroll 6 Collection of Meanings and Terms in Translation (Fanyi Mingyi Ji) 翻譯名義集 — count: 27
Scroll 68 Zong Jing Lu 宗鏡錄 — count: 26 , has English translation
Scroll 2 Sukhāvatīvyūhasūtra (Amituo Sanyesan Fo Saloufo Tan Guodu Rendao Jing) 阿彌陀三耶三佛薩樓佛檀過度人道經 — count: 25

Collocations

独住 (獨住) 獨住遠離 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 101
远离独 (遠離獨) 便在遠離獨住 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 17 — count: 78
乐独 (樂獨) 樂獨閑居之所得也 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 13
独在 (獨在) 出家之人獨在空野 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 9
独闲居 (獨閑居) 樂獨閑居之所得也 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 8
独坐 (獨坐) 獨坐自思惟 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 5
世尊独 (世尊獨) 世尊獨不聞乎 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
独安靖 (獨安靖) 有一比丘獨安靖處宴坐思惟 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 45 — count: 4
不乐独 (不樂獨) 不樂獨住遠離之處 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 49 — count: 4
火独 (火獨) 為彼火獨無 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 37 — count: 4